Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Honpi Deposit, Mihara Mine, Higashi-Mihara, Ibara City, Okayama, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 87.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 81.1

mindat Locality ID: 45343
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-45343.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Honpi Deposit, Mihara Mine, Higashi-Mihara, Ibara City, Okayama, Japan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Acanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rocksalt
Sphalerite

Aguilarite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hessite ()*	Miharaite ()*	Naumannite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Wittichenite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al Au Bi Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Se Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au Bi Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Se Si Te Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Epidote None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Rocksalt
Sphalerite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aguilarite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₄SeS	87.9	81.1	87
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	87.9	81.1	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	87.9	81.1	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	87.9	81.1	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	87.9	81.1	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	87.9	81.1	30554
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	87.9	81.1	741
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	87.9	81.1	804
Miharaite ()*	None	PbCu₄FeBiS₆	87.9	81.1	19
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	87.9	81.1	192
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	87.9	81.1	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	87.9	81.1	21482
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	87.9	81.1	297

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Kristen001930	87.9	81.1	84.5±3.4	K-Ar			muscovite	6910-96		Yes	Muscovite			230640	Ibara City, Okayama, Japan	Ibara	Shibata and Ishihara (1974)	10.2113/gsecongeo.69.8.1207	EG69_1207

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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